Assad Jafri

Editor & Reporter CryptoSlate

AJ, a passionate journalist since Yemen's 2011 Arab Spring, has honed his skills worldwide for over a decade. Specializing in financial journalism, he now focuses on crypto reporting.

Author Stats

Total Articles 1,581

Total Reports 5

Since Feb 2022

Last Active Oct 10, 2025

Primary Beat Bitcoin

Assad Jafri Recent Articles

Politics

Blockchain Association defends crypto hiring practices in formal response to Senator Warren

The association said that these former officials chose to join an emerging industry of their own volition because they were attracted to the ideals crypto brings to the table.

3 years ago

Gaming

Developers Inscribe classic Super Nintendo emulator on Bitcoin via BRC-69

The project allows people to play classic SNES games through an Inscription, or NFT, called Pizza Ninjas.

3 years ago

Mining

Cleanspark invests $193 million in new miners, looks to 5x hashrate in anticipation of halving

CleanSpark's $193 million investment signals strategic expansion ahead of Bitcoin's next halving, aiming for a fivefold increase in hashrate.

3 years ago

ETF

VanEck buys 1,640 BTC for $72.5M to seed ETF, holdings up over $1M before trading

VanEck's filing showed that the company purchased Bitcoin worth $72.5 million on Jan. 5, which equates to 1,450,000 shares at a per-share price of $50.00.

3 years ago

Adoption

Sora Ventures founder Jason Fang giving away 1 BTC to celebrate Jubilee upgrade

Fang is celebrating the Jubilee upgrade with a festive giveaway to engage the crypto community.

3 years ago

OpenAI, Microsoft face fresh lawsuit over copyright infringement filed by authors

Infringement or innovation? OpenAI and Microsoft face legal challenges over AI training materials.

3 years ago

Legal

DCG completes repayment of $700 million Genesis debt

The settlement is part of DCG's broader effort to fulfill over $1 billion in debt to various creditors within just over a year.

3 years ago

Ordinals

Bitcoin developer fails to rally support for ‘bug fix’ to stop Ordinals, inscriptions

Luke Dashjr failed to rally enough support for a proposed "bug fix" to the Bitcoin code that would essentially put an end to Ordinals and Inscriptions on the blockchain.

3 years ago

Crypto

Ethereum staking exit queue hits record high amid Celsius unlocks

The rise in exits has caused the wait time for unstaking to spike to an average of 5.6 days.

3 years ago

Crypto

VanEck to donate 5% of ETF profits to Bitcoin core devs for 10 years

VanEck's pledge to share the profits from its ETF signals a growing trend of traditional financial entities recognizing and supporting the foundational technology of cryptocurrencies.

3 years ago

CBDCs

Spanish central bank finalizes partners for wholesale CBDC pilot

The six-month pilot program will simulate interbank payment processing and settlement using a single tokenized wholesale CBDC and other foreign CBDCs issued by different central banks.

3 years ago

Analysis

Bitcoin whales like Saylor could dethrone Elon Musk if BTC can hit 7 figures

Bitcoin's march to $1 million could mint new billionaires and dethrone the current richest individuals.

3 years ago